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10 Costly Estate Planning Mistakes | Curated Content | Common Mistakes | Cautionary Tales | Inheritance Horror Stories | Estates Gone Wrong 16 Mar
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Top 10: Avoid These Costly Estate Planning Mistakes

Communicating Your Estate Plan is Vital | Communication Breakdowns | Wills and Powers of Attorney | Estate Planning | Estates Gone Wrong 24 Feb
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Communicating Your Plans: a Vital Part of Estate Planning

Estate Planning: 6 Big Mistakes You Might Be Making | Curated Content | Common Mistakes | Estates Gone Wrong 23 Feb
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  • Common Mistakes, Curated Content

Estate Planning: 6 Big Mistakes You Might Be Making

One way to plan financially for long-term care is to create a trust. It can be an incredibly useful tool to protect your assets if you become incapacitated and to shield your assets to qualify for certain long-term care benefits. 23 Jan
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  • Curated Content, Long-Term Care Crisis

How to Use a Trust to Plan for Long-Term Care

If Hendrix had even done a simple will that properly spelled out his wishes, a large amount of the litigation would have been avoided and it would have ensured that his wishes were followed. 18 Jan
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  • Celebrity Estates, Curated Content

The Estate of Jimi Hendrix: Decades of Drama & Costly Litigation

When a Charitable Bequest in a Will Goes Wrong | Curated Content | Charitable Bequests | Estates Gone Wrong 01 Nov
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  • Charitable Misgivings, Curated Content

When a Charitable Bequest in a Will Goes Wrong

In most cases, testators cannot rule from the grave. If you leave certain assets or gifts for certain individuals, you cannot unduly restrict their use of them. 02 Sep
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  • Bizarre Bequests, Curated Content

Ruling From the Grave: Are Conditional Bequests Valid?

Family Cottage Succession: a Dream or a Nightmare? No matter how much you may intend to keep the property in the family, you should plan for the almost certain inevitability that at some point it will be sold. 05 Aug
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  • Curated Content, Property Pitfalls

Shared Ownership in The Family Cottage: a Dream or a Nightmare?

Five Famous Families Undermined by Sibling Conflict | Curated Content | Family Disputes | Estates Gone Wrong 29 Jun
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  • Curated Content, Family Disputes

Five Famous Families Undermined by Sibling Conflict

The 10 Strangest Inheritances of All Time | Curated Content | Strange Bequests | Weird Things People Left in Wills | Estates Gone Wrong 13 Jun
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  • Bizarre Bequests, Curated Content

10 of the Strangest Inheritances of All Time

What Happens if a Person Has Multiple Wills in Ontario? 28 May
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  • Curated Content, Frequently Asked Questions

What Happens if a Person Has Multiple Wills in Ontario?

Estate Planning Mistakes of the Rich and Famous | Curated Content | Celebrity Estates | Inheritance Horror Stories | Estates Gone Wrong 13 Apr
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  • Celebrity Estates, Curated Content

Estate Planning Mistakes of the Rich and Famous

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